Education affects all aspects and stages of human life. From the moment we are young children, education is a part of our daily life. Monday through Friday we sit in classrooms learning and studying various topics until we graduate from high school.
While graduation is an exciting time in a person's life, there is also a negative side which some graduates seem to experience post-college.
As symptoms are not always so obvious or miserable, some graduates don't realize they are in a state of depression. But they may feel tired, or restless, lose interest in life and become unable to enjoy anything, find it hard to make decisions, and even have difficulty in sleeping
With college graduation approaching, many students have idealistic hopes about life after the diploma.
A.hor many it is on to university. |
B.Some college graduates suffer from depression. |
C.They are always preparing for finals and graduation. |
D.During university years, students feel powerful and important. |
E.They expect to get hired into a top position at their dream company. |
F.If you think you are suffering from depression, talking to a psychologist. |
G.Avoiding people and losing self- confidence are also some of depression's symptoms. |
Whenever anyone measures educational success, East Asian countries are always top scorers. But in a recent league table (排名表), a European country, Finland, was top of the class.
In South Korea the school day is long — typically 7 or 8 hours, followed by hours of private tutoring in the evenings.
Finnish children spend the least time in class in the developed world, often finishing just after lunch. Private tuition is uncommon. The British school day is quite long in comparison, about 6 hours.
The South Korean education system, like many in Asia, is extremely competitive. Finnish education is far less competitive.
South Korea and Finland both do well, yet their education systems are so different.
A.So what lessons can Britain learn from these two countries? |
B.Then where do their differences lie? |
C.South Korea was still in second place, though. |
D.Time devoted to school is the key to South Korean students’ high scores. |
E.In those countries, teachers have a high status in society, and education is very highly valued. |
F.All this hard work leaves South Korean students tired to fall asleep sometimes in class next day. |
G.Classes are all mixed ability, and there are no league tables. |
In 1968 Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson set an intelligence test for a class of primary school children at "Oak School" (an invented name) in San Francisco. The teachers were told that the intelligence test bad two purposes. Firstly, it would measure the IQ of the children and secondly it would predict 20% of students who, no matter what their performance to date was like, would be likely to make the most progress during the next school year. The teachers were then told who the predicted top improvers would be.
At the end of the school year, eight months later, the intelligence test was carried out again and, perhaps not surprisingly, the results showed that the 20% of children who had been predicted to improve the most, did in fact do so. They showed, on average, an increase of 12 IQ points on the test, compared with an increase of only 8 points for the other children.
But the fact is that no results of any test were used to predict who would be the top performers. Instead, the lucky children who the teachers were told would be the top improvers were given this label as a matter of chance. This study shows that the label that you are given, and your interaction(互动) with others who notice that label, can have a big influence on the results that you achieve. This phenomenon(现象)has been called the Rosenthal effect. It is also known as the Pygmalion effect, related most famously to the George Bernard Show play Pygmalion , which shows the effect that two men have in changing an untidy flower girl into a well-spoken lady.
For ethical (道德的)reasons the researchers at "Oak School!" only concentrated on trying to produce positive results in the children's performance. However, it is worth asking yourself what the effects on 20% of students considered least likely to improve in the following school year might have been. A frightening thought.
【小题1】What did the study find about the predicted top performers at the end of the school year?A.They showed more interest in tests. | B.They really made the most progress. |
C.They became less confident than before. | D.They were as intelligent as the other children. |
A.According to the teachers' judgement. | B.Based on the test results. |
C.By chance. | D.Openly. |
A.They might be willing to accept positive results. |
B.They would likely have frightening thoughts. |
C.They would likely make the least progress. |
D.They might work much harder than before. |
A.The Rosenthal effect | B.A play by Bernard Shaw. |
C.A school in San Francisco. | D.The labels given to children. |
Both my parents were educators, and for the past 40 years, I’ve done the same thing. For years, I have watched people teach. And one of the things that are not often noticed is the importance of relationships. Someone says that no important learning can happen without an important relationship. That’s true. Kids may not even learn from people they don’t like.
How do I build relationships with kids and look after kids? I once gave a test — 20 questions. A student missed 18. I put a “+2” on his paper and a big smiling face. I said to him, “You got two right. You didn’t miss them all. And when we review this, won’t you do better?” He said, “Yes, I can do better.” You see, “-18” may be a blow to his pride, but “+2” said, “I am not all bad.”
And for years, I watched my mother take the time at recess (课间休息) to review, go on home visits in the afternoon, and buy small gifts for kids. After she retired (退休), some of her kids came and said to her, “You know, Ms. Walker, you made a difference in my life. You made me feel like I was somebody.” When my mama died, there were so many students at her funeral (葬礼). It brought tears to my eyes, not because she was gone, but because she left a treasure of relationships that could never disappear. Can we have more relationships? Of course, yes. And we teach anyway, no matter what kinds of kids we have.
Teaching and learning should bring joy. How influential our world would be if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks, Who were not afraid to think, and who had a champion (拥护者)! Every child should have a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, and who understands the influence of connection and believes that they can become the best.
【小题1】What is the author’s purpose in writing the first paragraph?A.To show the key to people’s success. |
B.To show the importance of education. |
C.To tell us the value of relationship in teaching. |
D.To introduce his parents’ teaching experience. |
A.To draw his attention. |
B.To tell him grades didn’t matter. |
C.To show the two sides of the same coin. |
D.To make him feel better and encourage him. |
A.Her students were full of thanks to her. |
B.She was strict with her students. |
C.Many of her students were successful. |
D.Her death made the author hopeless. |
A.What a teacher does |
B.Every child needs a champion |
C.How students learn from their teachers |
D.Relationship influences kids’ school life |
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